§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will name those forensic experts working for his Department on whose evidence convictions have been secured whose work has subsequenty been shown to have been, on occasion, of doubtful accurancy; and if he will give the dates on which each such person stopped undertaking forensic work for prosecution purposes.
§ Mr. HurdOne junior member of the forensic science service has been suspended from court reporting duties since September 1985, following concern about the quality of his work. Two officers were temporarily relieved of court reporting duties in relation to fire examinations only and resumed these duties after their work had been reviewed and they had satisfied their laboratory directors of their competence to undertake such work. These suspensions lasted from December 1983 to May 1985, and February 1985 until May 1985 respectively.